PT-2026-49620 · Zealopensource · Abandoned Contact Form 7

Joy Gilbert · Published 2026-06-16 · Updated 2026-06-16 · CVE-2026-9187

NVD

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

The Abandoned Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary post deletion in versions up to, and including, 2.2. This is due to a missing capability check and missing nonce validation in the action remove abandoned() function, which is registered to both the wp ajax remove abandoned and wp ajax nopriv remove abandoned hooks. The handler takes a user-supplied recover id parameter from $ POST and passes it directly to wp delete post() with the force-delete flag set to true, without verifying that the ID belongs to the plugin's own cf7af data post type. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to permanently delete arbitrary posts, pages, or other content on the affected site by sending a single admin-ajax.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-9187

Affected Products

Abandoned Contact Form 7

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9187 · Security Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a38ebdeb-6ab8-4f1d-9c13-39211a9e97b6?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/abandoned-contact-form-7/tags/2.2/inc/class.cf7af.php#L65 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/abandoned-contact-form-7/tags/2.2/inc/class.cf7af.php#L49 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/abandoned-contact-form-7/tags/2.2/inc/class.cf7af.php#L68 · Note